Movies from just about any genre can prove shocking or controversial, if handled by certain filmmakers willing to challenge sensibilities or matters of taste. It might not be too surprising, though, ...

Some movies were so disturbing, controversial, and horrifying that theaters and entire countries banned them completely. From ...

The 1980s were a tough time to be a horror director. Between the Satanic panic, the "video nasties" list, and wide-ranging protests from religious groups and organizations like The Legion of Decency, ...

A campaign group have announced it will be shown at a horror festival for the first time since 1969 after being found by ...

These days, Andrzej Żuławski's "Possession" is largely recognized as one of the best – or at least most original – horror movies ever made, a cult classic that persisted through the years to attain ...

Too much death, gore, and... cannibalism? While horror movies are always bound to push the envelope one way or another, these notable mentions went way too far outside the US.

The 1978 Faces of Death movie notoriously – or supposedly – featured actual deaths captured on film. Being banned in numerous countries only piqued people’s interest in the videotape and whether the ...